Machine for cutting and finishing gears, etc., by form cutters



June 30, 1953 Filed Feb. 1. 1947 fic l E. MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FINISHING W. MILLER GEARS, ETC. BY FORM CUTTERS 9 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Edwcl rd MIMI l ler June 30, 1953 E. w. MILLER 2,643,533

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' MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FINISHING ems, ETC.. BY FORM CUTTERS v Filed Feb. 1, 1947 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 ISI Patented June 30, 1953 MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FINISHING GEARS, ETC., BY FORM GUTTERS- Edward W. Miller, Springfield, Vt., assignor to The Fellows Gear Shaper Company, Springfield, Vt., a corporation of Vermont Application February 1, 1947, Serial No. 725,884

17 Claims. 1

This invention relates to the art. of cutting gears and particularly to machines of the class in which a cutting tool having the form or outline at its cutting edges of a prescribed gear tooth, or the space between two teeth is used. The objects include that of enabling helical as well as spur gears to be cut or finished by the employment of a formed tool; that of enabling either a rotating or stationary tool to be employed for the cutting action; that of crowning the gear teeth in the course of cutting or finishing; that of backing oil the work from the cutter during noncutting strokes, either in conjunction with the performance of a crowning efiect or without crowning, and of omitting the backing ofi action when crowning is performed in certain ways; the provision of means for reciprocating the work axially while the cutter remains in. one. location; the employment of hydraulic operating means for actuating the moving parts of the machine; electrical control of the hydraulic means; to make provisions in the structure of the machine for substitution of different types of cutter and different kinds of crowning means for one another; and in general to provide an improved machine of the form cutting type having superior utility in respect to economy of parts and e-fficiency of operation.

The principles of the invention by which the foregoing, and other, objects are accomplished maybe embodied in different forms and arrangements, some of which are shown in the drawings which accompany this specification. Certain fundamental principles and parts are common to all of the illustrations there shown, but these fundamentals also may be embodied in specifically different designs.

In the drawings.

Fig; 1 is a central, vertical sectional view of a gear finishing machine containing the present invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of the machine taken on lines 2-4 and 33, respectively, of Fig. l and viewed in the respective directions of the arrows applied to those lines;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional vie-w taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig. l of the upper part of the machine showing an alternative form of crowning means;

Fig. '7 is a diagram of the hydraulic operating means and electrical control means by which the operations of the machine are caused to take place;

Figs. 7-a and 7-1) are views showing the main circuit valve of the hydraulic system in the two positions, additional to that shown in Fig. '7, which said valve occupies during operation of the machine;

Fig. 7-0 is a view showing the stroke pilot valve in a different position from that shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the machine as modified by the substitution of an other specific cutter and the provision of depth feeding means for the work;

Fig. 8-41 is a face view of the cutter shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 8-27 and 8-c are views similar to Fig. 8 of other cutters interchangeable with that shown in Figs. 8 and 53-11;

Fig. 9 is a detail cross section. taken on line 99 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a diagram of hydraulic operating and electrical control means containing modifications fromthe diagram shown. in Fig. '7 to accommodate and operate the depth feeding means of Fig. 8;

Figs. 10-a and 10-h show the diagram of Fig. 10 with some of the controlling valves thereof in other positions.

Like reference characters designate the same parts wherever they occur in all the figures.

In all forms of the invention herein illustrated, the work piece W, which may be an uncut, gear blank, or a previously rough cut gear which requires a finishing operation, is reciprocated with respect to a. formed cutter, (which remains constantly in the same location), in the direction of its axis and through a distance which. causes all, or a prescribed part, of the length of its teeth (or width of. its tooth bearing zone) to be incised by the cutter and withdraws it from the cutter from time to time to permit indexing. Referring particularly to Figs. 1-5, the work piece W is mounted on an arbor H by suitable means and the arbor is secured to a work spindle l2 which is reciprocable endw-ise in a hydraulic cylinder H, the spindle having an enlargement M which serves as a piston. The hydraulic cylinder is mounted in a work saddle [5, which in turn is carried by a slide or work carriage it supported by a base structure ll. As shown in Fig. 5, the connection between the saddle I5 and carriage I5 is made by alined pivots l8, it, the axis of which is perpendicular to the axis of the work spindle. By reference to Fig. 3, it is seen that the carriage I6 is confined between guides 19 and 20 on the top of the base which are parallel to the spindle and permit adjusting movement of the carriage, and with it the work spindle, to place the work piece in proper relation to the cutter and accommodate work pieces of different lengths in the axial dimension. An adjusting screw 2i is supported rotatably in a bracket 2?. on the base i? and meshed with a nut 23 secured to the carriage for placing the latter in desired positions. For

rotating the screw, a shaft 24 is mounted in the bracket 22 and carries a worm 25 meshing with a worm wheel 26 secured to the screw.

Reciprocating motion is imparted to the work spindle by admission of working fluid to opposite ends of the cylinder alternately. The fluid used for this purpose may be oil, and will be considered as such for the purpose of this description. A part of the conducting means for delivering oil to one end of the cylinder is indicated by the pipe 21 in Fig. l. The hydraulic system is shown only in part in the mechanical drawings, but completely in Fig. 7. The base structure ll of the machine contains interior spaces in which a supply of oil may be held and part of the conduit system be contained; or a tank and the entire system of piping can be disposed externally of the base.

The work spindle I2 is coupled by means of a rotation-transmitting guide assemblage with a pulley 28, which is coaxial with the spindle and has a long sleeve portion 28a. rotatably fitted in a bearing 29 in the saddle L5. The guide assemblage includes a cylindrical housing 39 fitted within and secured to the pulley, a guide element 3|, which is a segment of a cylindrical shell, secured to the interior of the housing 36 and a complemental guide element 32 secured to the spindle. The guide elements 3| and 32 have complemental radial contact surfaces 33 shown in Fig. 3, which extend lengthwise of the spindle axis and permit endwise movement of the spindle and transmit rotation thereto Whenever the pulley is rotated. The complemental surfaces 33 may be either straight in the axial direction and parallel to the spindle axis, or helical in greater or less degree, and guide elements differing in these respects are interchangeable with one another. When helical guides are provided, rotation is imparted to the spindle while it reciprocates, whereby helical teeth are cut or finished as the work piece travels past the cutter; while, when straight guides are used, spur teeth are cut or finished in like circumstances.

Normally the pulley 28 is prevented from rotating (except for a slight rotation imparted in crowning the teeth), by a notched ring 34, which surrounds the pulley hub and is aifixed thereon, and a latch disposed, as shown in Fig. 3, to enter any one of the equally spaced notches in the outer circumference of the ring. A motor 36 is mounted. on the saddle |5 and its power shaft carries a pulley 31 in the same plane with pulley 28. A belt 38 surrounds both pulleys loosely. This motor, which rotates constantly while the machine is in operation, and the notched ring 34 and latch 35 cooperate in indexing the Work spindle and work piece with respect to the cutter. Hence motor 36 is called the indexing motor, the notched ring 34 is called the index plate, and the latch 35 is called the index latch. While the latch lies in one of the notches of the index plate, the belt 38 slips. But when the work needs to be indexed, the latch is retracted and simultaneously the belt is tightened. For thus tightening the belt, a lever 39 is provided, mounted on the work saddle by a pivot 49 which is parallel to the work spindle. One arm of the lever carries a roll 4| adjacent to the belt but withheld from pressure contact therewith by a plunger 42 in a hydraulic cylinder 43, which is forced against an arm 39a of the lever by fluid pressure in the cylinder. To accomplish indexing, which occurs at the end of retractive strokes of the spindle, the latch 35 is withdrawn from the index plate, and simultaneously the fluid pressure in cylinder 43 is relaxed, whereupon a spring 44, which is connected with the lever arm 39a as shown, causes the roll 4| to be pressed suddenly and strongly against the belt in a manner to tighten it around the pulleys.

A means for withdrawing the latch and releasit quickly soon after it clears the confining edge of the notch, is shown in Fig. 3. This means includes a bell crank lever 45 mounted by a pivot 46 on the bracket 41 which supports a cylinder 48 in which a piston 49 carrying the latch is movably mounted. Lever 45 has a forked arm 53 embracing an extension rod, which protrudes from the piston 49 through the head of cylinder 48, and bearing on an adjustable abutment 5| on the rod. A spring 52 reacts between the piston 49 and cylinder head, holding abutment 5| against arm 50 and tending to project the latch toward the index plate. Lever 45 has an arm 53 which tapers to a thin edge at its extremity and is formed with a wedge or cam surface 54 in the path of movement of a dog 55 which is carried by a piston 56 reciprocable in a hydraulic cylinder 5?. Dog 55 has a wedge surface 58 facing toward the surface 54 of lever 45 and terminating in a thin edge. The dog is normally pulled and held by a spring 59 against a shoulder 66 on the piston 56. The arrangement of these parts is such that, when piston 56 is shifted to the left from the normal position here shown to its limit of movement, dog 55 passes the lever arm 53, wedging or camming it out of the Way, and thereby withdrawing the latch from the index plate. As soon as the dog has passed the lever, spring 52 projects the latch. The narrow width of the lever arm and dog at their outer limits allows the latch to be released immediately after it has been withdrawn from looking position and before the index disk has been rotated as much as the distance between two adjacent notches. Hence it bears on the outer circumference of the index plate and is again locked therewith as soon as the next notch reaches it. On return movement of the piston 56, the dog 55 yields in passing the lever arm 53, and is thereafter returned by spring 59 to operative position against the abutment 60.

Piston 56 is called for convenience, the latch retracting piston by reason of its herein described functions. Both this piston and the latch-carrying piston 49 act as valves which control flow of the working fluid in the hydraulic system, as later described.

An adjustable stop 6| is carried by the belt tension lever 39 to bear against an abutment on cylinder 43 and limit outward movement of plunger 42.

Flow of working fluid into and out of the cylinder 43 for actuating the belt tension means is controlled by a valve 63 shown in Fig. 5, which I call the belt tension valve. This valve contains a piston operated through a lever 64 by means of an adjustable dog 65 on an extension rod 66 of the work spindle l2. Normally the piston in valve 63 is held by a spring 61 in the position to admit working fluid to cylinder 43, whereby the belt tension lever is prevented from pressing against the belt 38, but dog 65 is placed on rod 66 so that it will engage lever 64 shortly before the work spindle reaches the end of prescribed retracting strokes, and then move the valve piston into a position which permits release of fluid from cylinder 43.

Another valve 68 which I call the stroke pilot valve is provided with a piston (not shown in the machine drawings) and with an operating lever 69, similar to lever 64, arranged to be moved alternately in opposite directions by dog 65 and a second adjustable dog 10 on the extension rod 66 to cause reversals of the work spindle. By suitable placement of these dogs, the strokes of the work spindle may be made of any length within the limits imposed by the length of cylinder it.

The cutter shown in the machine combination now being described is a rapidly rotating fly cutter consisting of a single tooth or bit 0 mounted on a shaft H which rotates in bearings 12 and 73 supported by a stool M. In this arrangement, where the work spindle is horizontal, the shaft or cutter spindle H is likewise horizontal and is located with its axis at right angles to the work spindle and projects from its supporting bearings so that the cutter lies and rotates in the vertical plane which includes the work spindle axis. Also the cutter is below the work spindle, but this is an immaterial detail. The cutting edges of the cutter are at the advancing side of the end thereof which protrudes from the shaft or spindle H and have outlines complemental to the face curves prescribed for the gear teeth. These edges may be disposed so as to enter the space between two teeth of a work gear and act on the adjacent faces of the embracing teeth; or they may be arranged to embrace a tooth of the work gear and act on opposite faces of the same tooth, the embracing parts of the cutter then projecting into two spaces of the work gear. Both forms of cutter are known in the machine tool art.

Stool 14 is of substantial length and transverse dimensions and has alined cylindrical trunnion portions 75 and 16 which occupy vertically alined bearings 11 and 18, respectively, in the base structure. The axis of these bearings intersects and is perpendicular to the axes of both the work spindle l2 and cutter spindle H. The stool is enlarged between the bearings to provide a chamber I9, in which a motor 80 is mounted, which motor is coupled by pulleys 8|, 82 and a belt 83 with the cutter spindle H so as to drive the latter rapidly.

Stool 14 is adjustable endwise to raise and lower the cutter spindle to accommodate work pieces of various diameters, and also angularly about its axis to accommodate the plane of rotation of the cutter to spur gears or helical gears of various helix angles. For the lengthwise or vertical adjustment, a tubular screw 84 is coupled coaxially with the stool through a thrust bearing 85 and is meshed with a nut 86 secured nonrotatably in one end of a bearing sleeve 81, which is fastened solidly to the base structure. Screw 84 is rotated to raise and lower the stool by means of a worm wheel 88 having a hub fitted to rotate in the bearing 81 and keyed to a coaxial shaft 89 which rests on a step bearing 99 and enters the central bore of screw 84, with which it has a splined engagement.

Worm wheel 88 is rotated by a worm 91 (Fig. 2), which is geared to an operating shaft 97. by a vertical shaft 93 and bevel gear pairs 94 and 95.

Rotation is transmitted to the stool by a gear 6 98 which occupies an annular recess in bearing 18 and has a key occupying a longitudinal groove in the side of trunnion 16. A worm 91 meshes with gear 96 and is mounted on a, shaft 98 which protrudes from the side of the base structure and is adapted to receive a crank or wrench. Angular adjustments of the stool are measured by a scale 99 on the upper end face of bearing l! and an index on the adjacent surface of the trunnion 15.

Bearing TI is formed in part by a semicylindrical ofiset in a transverse web of the base structure and in part by a semicylindrical yoke H10 (Fig. 4), which is bolted to the web and is partially subdivided to form a resilient clamping jaw IDI, which may be set up by a screw [02 to grip the stool in its various adjustments, both endwise and angular.

The machine as organized in Figs. 1-5 is designed to finish previously rough cut gears by removing excess stock from the sides of the gear teeth, operating on the tooth at one side of a tooth space (or one side of a tooth), in the course of traverse of the work spindle in one direction, and on the tooth at the opposite side of the same space (or the opposite side of the tooth previous-. ly cut) during movement in the opposite direction; and to crown the tooth faces at the same time by a small angular movement of the spindle back and forth while making each endwise traverse. A ring I03 is mounted rotatably on the coaxial outer surface of the bearing 29 which contains the hub sleeve of pulley 28. It has an extension "14 at one side on which the cylinders 48 and 5! are mounted and a lug I05 at another side projecting between opposed pistons Hi6 and It! contained in hydraulic cylinders I08 and H19, respectively. These cylinders are in the structure of the work saddle 15. The ring or holder also carries on its under side antifriction rolls H0, II I. mounted to rotate on parallel bearing studs and located with a space between them. A bar H2 is slidably mounted in a guideway in the work saddle and extends between the rolls H0, Ill. That portion of the bar which lies between these rolls is formed with cam surfaces at the sides next to the rolls, such surfaces having a protuberant middle part and receding end portions. Or they may be of any other form suited to give a prescribed crowned or bowed form to the sides of the work gear teeth.

The cam bar H2 is provided with a series of rack teeth 1 i3 on its upper side in mesh with an idle gear H4 supported rotatably by the saddle structure between the cam bar and the work spindle and in mesh with an encircling series of rack teeth I l5 on the work spindle. Thus as the spindle reciprocates, the cam bar is moved at the same time in relatively opposite directions, and it imparts a slight rocking movement back and forth to the spindle. The plungers lilii and iii? are actuated hydraulically in alternation to bring the roll H9 against one side of the cam bar while the spindle travels in one direction, and the other roll against the cam bar while the spindle travels .in the opposite direction. As shown in Fig. 3, the plunger It? is activated to hold roll HI against th cam bar, piston 06 being withdrawn by release of fluid from cylinder I08. This condition exists during the entire stroke in one direction. When the spindle travel is reversed, working fluid is admitted to the cylinder 03 and released from cylinder I69, whereby the roll llll is brought against the cam bar. As latch 35 is mounted on the holder ring I03, the work spindle is rotated slightly in first one and then the opposite direction during each stroke, and the cutter is caused to act alternately on opposite tooth faces during alternat strokes of the work spindle.

Crowning may be accomplished also by alternate withdrawal and advance of the work piece from and toward the cutter during cutting strokes, without rotation of the work spindle, (except that which may be caused by helical guides when helical teeth are being finished). An arrangement for crowning in. the manner last referred to is shown in Fig. 6. A cam plate H6 is carried by a bar !I1 which, like the cam bar II2, is mounted to reciprocate endwise in a path parallel to the spindle axis, being confined a guideway in the work saddle and reciprocated by the spindle teeth H5, idle gear I I4 and rack teeth IIS on the bar H1. The under side of cam plate H6 is convex and rests on a'supporting roll II9 mounted on the carriage iii. A piston I20 in a hydraulic cylinder I2I is disposed to bear on the upper side of the saddle i5 and hold cam I I6 in contact with roll I I9. Working fluid i admitted to the cylinder I2I through a branch from the pip 21. The conjoint action of cam IIS and hydraulic piston I causes the saddle to oscillate through a small angle about the axis of trunnions I6, I8 as the cam bar II! is reciprocated. Piston I20 and cylinder I2I are shown also in Fig. 1 but do not cause any such oscillating movement of the saddle when crowning is performed by oscillation of the work spindle. Under those conditions the cylinder I2I is disconnected from the working fluid supply (as by a valve I22), and the saddle is locked to the'carriage I6 against an abutment plate I23 thereon by any suitable means such, for instance, a the screws I24 shown in Fig. 2, which ar mounted in an overlying cross beam of the frame structure and bear on the saddle.

When crowning means are not employed. and also the machine is operated to perform cutting on two tooth faces at the sam time while the spindle travels in one direction only, the hydraulic piston and cylinder I20, I2I are used in conjunction with spring means to hold the saddle firmly against an abutment on the saddle carriage during the cutting strokes and to back off the work slightly from the cutter throughout the retracting strokes, in order to prevent any cutting action, or rubbing of the cutting edges on the work then. Such spring means are shown in connection with a further variant of the machine combination later described. They may be applied to the forms previously described, with disablement of the means which cause crowning. In the control of back off, working fluid is admitted to the cylinder I2I simultaneously with its admission to the cylinder I3 in the manner to cause advancing travel of the work spindle and is released when pressure fluid is admitted to retract th spindle.

A comprehensive view of the hydraulic and electrical system by which the machine is caused to perform the actions precedently described is given by the diagram in Fig. '7. In this diagram some of the parts shown in the preceding figures appear and are identified by the same reference characters.

The working fluid is taken by a pump I25 from a tank (located in the machine base or any other convenient location), and passed through a pipe I26 to a shut off valve I21 containing a piston which is moved to open the through passag by 8 a solenoid I28 and closed by a spring I29 when the solenoid is inactive. The solenoid winding is connected through a control panel I30 with start and stop switches I3l and I32, and with a limit switch I33. When the circuit through the limit switch is closed, the solenoid winding can be activated by closing the starting switch I3I and deenergized by closing the stop switch I32.

The pipe line I26 is connected with a spring closed relief valve I34 which is designed to maintain a prescribed constant pressure in the system and permit return to the tank of excess liquid delivered by the pump. The symbol R adjacent to th outlet from this valve signifies a return connection with the tank, and similar symbols elsewhere in the diagram have the same significance.

The outlet pipe from the shut off valve I21 divides into three branches, of which branch I35 leads to the inlet port I36 of a valve I31, which I call the main circuit valve; the branch I38 leads to the inlet port I39 of the stroke pilot valve 68; and th branch 40 leads to the inlet port I4I of the belt tension valve 63. The stroke pilot valve 68 has ports on either side of the inlet port I39, one of which is connected with a pipe I42 and the other with a pipe I43. It contains a piston I 44 which, in the position shown in the diagram, connects pipe I38 with pipe I42 and pipe I43 with an exhaust connection I45, and may be shifted so as to connect the supply pip with pipe I43 and bring pipe I42 into communication with an. exhaust ipe l46; (see Fig. '7c).

Pipe I42 is connected by a branch I41 with a port I48 in the main circuit valve I31; by a branch I49 with one end of the cylinder 51 so as to deliver pressure to the latch retracting piston 56 in a manner to cause retraction of the index latch piston 49; and by a branch I50 with a port in the cylinder 51.

Pipe I43 from the stroke pilot valve is coupled by a branch I5I with the opposite end of cylinder 5'! from that to which the branch I 49 is connected; and is connected by a branch I52 with one end of the main circuit valve I31.

The main circuit valve contains a control piston I53 and has ports which are connected respectively with the pipe 21 and with a pipe I54 leading to the opposite end of the cylinder I3 from that to which pipe 21 leads. A pipe I55 is connected to the opposite end of the main circuit valve from that to which pipe I52 is connected, and an intermediate port is connected with a pipe I56; both the latter pipes being branches of a pipe I51, which is connected with a port I58 in the side of the latch piston cylinder 48. Another port in the latter cylinder is connected by a pipe I59 with the cylinder 51. The main circuit valve has other ports connected by return pipes I60 and I6I with the supply tank.

The belt tension valve 63 has an intermediate port from which a pipe I62 leads to the pressure end of cylinder 43 in which the belt tension piston 42 is contained. It also has a return connection I63 to the tank and contains a piston I04 which is shiftable to couple pipe I62 either with the pressure line I40 or with the exhaust connection I63.

The crowning piston cylinders I08 and I09 are connected by pipes H541; and I65 with the pipes I54 and 21, respectively, whereby the work spindle is oscillated to bring opposite tooth faces into cutting position in time with its reciprocating movements in opposite directions.

Fig. '7 shows the several valves in the positions which they occupy while the work spin- 9 dle is making an advancing stroke after havin been indexed. The solenoid I28 is then energized to hold the valve I21 open; pressure is exerted through the pipes I38, I42, I50, I50, I51 and I55 to hold the main circuit valve piston at one extremity of its travel; the belt tension valve 63 is held by its spring 31 in the position which causes pressure to be exerted through pipes I40 and IE2 on the belt tension piston 42 to hold the belt tension lever 39 out of pressing contact with the indexing belt 38; the working fluid is allowed to flow through pipes I35 and 21 to the right hand end of spindle driving cylinder I 3.; pressure is exerted through pipe IE on the crowning piston I05; and working fluid is allowed to exhaust from the cylinder I3 through pipe I54 and from cylinder I09 through pipe IBM to the return pipe I6I When the work spindle reaches the end of that stroke, the length Of which is predetermined by the position of dog 10, the stroke .pilot valve piston I44 is shifted by dog to the position shown in Fig. 1-0 so as to connect the supply line I38 with the pressure line I43 and connect pipe I42 with the exhaust I46. Then working pressure is exerted through pipes I43 and I52 against the left hand end of the main circuit valve piston I53, and the pressure existing in pipe line I42 and I41 is released. At the same time pressure is exerted through pipe I5I to shift the latch retracting piston to its opposite position, making the dog 55 potentially operative and shutting off the port I61 in the latch retracting valve to which branch pipe I50 is connected. Fluid in the right hand end of the main circuit valve is discharged through the line I55, I51, I59 as long as port I61 remains open and, if this port is closed before piston I53 reaches the end of its stroke, the fluid flows from pipe I51 to pipe I42, and the exhaust, through a bypass I68 in which a check valve I63 is interposed to prevent flow through the bypass in the opposite direction. The main circuit valve piston is then in the position shown 'by Fig. La, whereby the working fluid in pipe I is permitted to flow to the left hand end of the work spindle cylinder I 3 and the fluid in the right hand end of that cylinder is released to the return pipe I60.

When the work spindle nears the end of its retractive stroke (to the right with respect to these drawings), dog 65 engages and moves the operating lever 64 of the belt tension valve, and shortly thereafter engages the operating lever 60 of the stroke pilot valve; these levers being suitably formed or located to cause engagement in this order. The belt tension valve 'is then shifted to connect pipe I62 with the return to the tank, whereby the pressure on the belt tension piston 42 is relieved and the belt tension lever is pressed against the belt of the indexing motor by spring 44. The stroke pilot valve "piston 1-44 is shifted to its previous position, shown in Fig. 7, admitting pressure to the latch retracting piston 56 so that the latter 'is displaced and retracts the index latch 35, allowing the index.

plate and work spindle to be rotated. While this latch rests on the circumference 'of the index plate, before entering the next notch in the plate, its piston closes the port I10 "to which pipe I59 leads, thereby preventing flow of working fluid through the line I51 to the right hand end of the main circuit valve. But pressure is admitted through pipe I41, port I48 and a short circuit through pipes I56 and I to that end of the main circuit valve, whereby'the pis'ton 10 I53 is shifted until it closes the port I40. It then occupies the position shown in Fig. 7-7), wherein it closes the ports to both pipes 21 and I54 which lead to the cylinder I3. Thus the work spindle is made to pause until indexing is completed. Entrance of the latch into the approaching notch of the index plate then allows port I10 to be opened and pressure transmitted through pipes I51, I55 to the main circuit valve, whereby piston I53 is moved to the position shown in Fig. '7, and. the connections to and from the cylinder I3 are opened which cause the work spindle to make a stroke from right to left. As the spindle proceeds in this direction, dog 65 recedes from the operating lever 04 and allows the spring 61' to return the belt tension valve piston to its previous position, whereby pressure is applied to the belt tension piston 42 and the belt 38 is slackened.

The above described cycle is performed repeatedly until a dog which is associated in some manner with the work spindle to rotate therewith, as by being mounted on the pulley 28., or index plate, etc., engages the limit switch I33 in a manner to cause the circuit of the solenoid I28 to be opened. Suitable electrical interlocks, of known character, are provided to cause the solenoid circuit ,to remain closed after the starting switch I3I (which may be of the push button type), has been depressed and released, and to put the circuits in condition for energizing the solenoid I28 by the starting switch after being interrupted by the limit switch.

It has been stated previously that the invention may be embodied in different forms and variations. Certain modifications from the forms previously described are shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Here a stationary cutter C is substituted for the rotating cutter of the previous description, successive teeth of the work gear are cut and finished in the course of a number of reciprocations of the work spindle and indexing of the spindle is performed only after .a predetermined number of cutting and return strokes have been made, and the work is backed off and held clear of the cutter throughout the return or noncutting strokes.

The cutter C (which is shown also in end View in Fig. 841) has a plurality of teeth, each of which has cutting edges on one end in the outline prescribed for the space between two teeth of the work piece, and is adapted to be turned so as to bring different teeth into the operative position. .It is mounted on a. shaft I14 held in a bearing I15 on the upper end of a stool 14a, which is like the stool 14 previously described, except that it has no provisions for holding amotor, and is adjustable endwise and angularly in the same manner and by like means. The shaft can "be turned to bring the several cutter teeth'into operative'position by a shaft 116 carrying a worm I11 meshing with a gear I18 secured on the shaft. This worm and gear pair is of self locking character, and the shaft may be additionally locked by a suitable clamp I19 such as is common in machine tools.

Other cutters can be substituted for the cutter C (of which the teeth extend parallel to the axis), such as the cutter C haying helical teeth shown in Fig. 8-1), or a single tooth cutter C (Fig. 8-c) inserted and clamped in a bar H.411 which can be substituted for the shaft 114, or a plurality of cutters mounted and clamped in the bar. These are merely an illustrative few of "the cutters of various kinds and outlines which may be used in this combination, and any of them l l can be inclined more or less from an exactly centered position with respect to the work spindle by the worm and gear couple previously described.

In finishing the work piece by a stationary cutter in a plurality of cuts, the work must be fed toward the cutter prior to each cutting stroke by an amount corresponding to the permissible depth of each out. For this purpose a depth feed cam I80 is mounted rotatably on the slide or carriage I9 and the work spindle saddle I carries a roll I8I on its under side which bears on the cam. This cam is formed in part as, or connected with, a gear segment I82, which meshes with rack teeth on a piston I83 reciprocable in a hydraulic cylinder I84 in the carriage IS. A spring I85 is confined between one head of the cylinder (in this illustration the left hand head), and exerts force tending to shift the piston to the opposite end of the sylinder. A port I86 is provided at the right hand end of the cylinder for connection of a pipe (shown in diagrams later described), by which fluid pressure can be transmitted to the cylinder in opposition to spring I85.

The cam is rotated clockwise by movement of the piston I83 from right to left, and has an active surface extending with gradual recession from a high point a. to a low point b. This latter portion is low enough to permit the saddle to come to rest on an abutment I81 on the carriage. Advance of the depth feed piston is effected step by step by admission of regulated additions of pressure fluid to the cylinder while the work spindle makes its retracting strokes.

The work saddle I5 is held in supported contact with the depth feed cam during working strokes by piston I20 under the pressure of the working fluid which is admitted to cylinder I2I through a branch from pipe 21 while the working fluid is delivered to the right hand end of the work spindle cylinder I3. A back off spring I88 is mounted in the carriage I6 and presses on the saddle I5 with tendency to raise the saddle, and with that effect when the working fluid is released from the cylinder I2I. In moving thus for depth feeding and back off, the saddle oscillates around its trunnions I8, I8.

The back off spring I88 and piston I20, or equivalents thereof, are employed in machines embodying this invention Without depth feeding or crowning means; and the spring here shown is an illustration of the back off spring means referred to at an earlier point in this specification.

A cam I89 (Fig. 9) is associated with the depth feed cam, being mounted on the shaft I90 on which the cam is mounted, and is arranged to actuate an indexing switch I9I in the electrical control system, whereby the hydraulic system is conditioned to cause indexing of the work after a predetermined number of working strokes of the cutter spindle have been made, instead of at the end of each retracting stroke as in the case of the previously described embodiment of the invention. An illustrative diagram of the operative hydraulic and electrical system for accomplishing the effects last described is shown in Figs. 10, 10-a and 10-h; these figures differing from one another by showing some of the movable parts in respectively different positions. This diagram is in the main like that shown in Fig. '1, but differs by the addition of an electrically operated index control valve I92, and of the parts above described with reference to Figs. 8

12 and 9, and in a different arrangement of some of the pipe lines, whereby the desired effects are obtained.

Fig. 10 shows the movable parts in the positions taken during working strokes of the work piston. The piston of the stroke pilot valve 68 is in position to make connection from the pressure supply pipe I38 through pipe I42 and a branch I93 of the latter pipe to the right hand end of the main circuit valve I31, whereby the piston I53 thereof is held at the left hand end of its stroke. The branch I40 of the pressure line is connected with a branch I94 which leads to the main circuit valve and therethrough to connection with the pipe 21 which conducts pressure to the right hand end of cylinder I3 and to the piston I20. The connecting pipe I54 from the other end of cylinder I3 to the main circuit valve is then in communication with the return pipe IBI which leads back to the oil tank.

The indexing control valve piston I is connected at one end with the core of a solenoid I96 and at the other end with a spring I91. The solenoid circuit is controlled by indexing switch I9I and is open except when that indexing switch is shifted by the cam I89 associated with the depth feed cam I8I. (This diagram shows an actuating pin for the indexing switch as carried by the depth feed cam piston I83 for clarity; and such an arrangement is in fact an equivalent alternative to the one shown in Fig. 9.) Thus the solenoid I99 is inactive and the piston I95 is held by spring I91 at the left hand end of its stroke. In this position it puts a pipe I98, connected with the left hand end of main circuit valve I31, in communication with a pipe I99 which is then in communication through the stroke pilot valve 68 with the return connection I45 to the tank. At the same time it makes communication between a branch 200 of the pipe line I40, I94 with a pipe 20I leading to the belt tension cylinder 43, whereby pressure is exerted therein to hold the belt tension lever 39 out of pressure contact with the indexing belt 38. It also makes communication between a pipe 202, coupled to the pressure chamber of the belt retracting piston cylinder 51, and a return pipe 203 to the tank. A spring 56I then holds piston 56 at the outer limit of its movement, in potentially active condition for retracting the index latch 35.

When the work piston reaches the end of its working stroke, dog 10 shifts the stroke pilot valve piston I44 to the position shown in Fig. 10-a, whereby pressure is admitted from supply pipe I38 to the pipe I99 and thence through the indexing control valve I92 and pipe I98 to the left hand end of the main circuit valve I31; and the pipe I93 from the right hand end of the main circuit valve is connected with the return pipe I49. Hence the piston I53 is shifted to the position wherein it permits pressure to be admitted through pipes I40, I94 and I54 to the left hand end of the cylinder I3 and released from the right hand end of that cylinder and the back off cylinder I2I, to the return line I60. The work spindle then is propelled through its return stroke. Pressure is also transmitted through a pipe 204, which branches from the pipe I54, through a check valve 205 and an adjustable needle valve 206 to a pipe 201 which leads to the port I86 in cylinder I84.

This needle valve is a metering device which permits a predetermined limited amount of oil to enter the cylinder I84 during continuance of the return stroke of the piston and thereby causes 13 rotation of the depth feed cam I80 through the angle which causes a step of depth feeding movement of desired extent to be imparted to the work.

At the end of the spindle return stroke, the dog 65 returns the stroke pilot valve piston to the position shown in Fig. 10, whereby the main circuit valve piston is shifted correspondingly, the last described communications through that valve are reversed, and the work spindle is caused to make a working stroke. Although the belt tension. valve piston I64 is shifted at the end of the spindle return stroke, no effect is produced thereby, because the pipe I62 leading therefrom (which is connected at first with the pressure line I49 and then with the return line I63), leads to a port in the indexing control valve I92 which is blocked by an enlargement of the piston I95 then, and at all other times except when that piston is shifted by solenoid I99. As dog 65 recedes on each working stroke, spring 51 returns the belt tension valve piston to the position shown in Figs. and 10-11.

This cycle continues until the spindle has made a predetermined number of working and return strokes (determined by the rate at which 011' passes the metering valve 295) when the indexing switch I9I is operated to energize the solenoid I96. Then the piston I95 of the indexing control valve. is shifted to the position shown in Fig. 10-1).

Although the depth feed cam actuates the indexing switch at the end of the return stroke of the piston, the solenoid I96 is not energized until the work spindle completes its next working 5;

stroke. This delay may be accomplished by an open gap in the circuit of the indexing switch I9I which is closed by the work spindle at the end of the working stroke, or by a switch in interlocking connection with switch I9I arranged to be actuat' ed by lever 64 at the end of the stroke, and only there. When the indexing valve piston is thus shifted, it opens communication between the pipe I62 and pipe I so that, when the belt tension valve piston iiilis actuated by dog at the end of the following return stroke, the pressure existing in the belt tension valve cylinder 43 is released and spring 44 is enabled to apply tension to the indexing belt 38 through lever 39. The actuating lever 64 for the belt tension valve is arranged to be engaged and moved by dog 55 at this time slightly before the actuating lever 69 for the stroke pilot valve is engaged and shifted by the dog. When the stroke pilot Valve is so shifted, it allows pressure to be transmitted through the pipes I40 and 202 by which are now put into communication by the indexing control valve), to the cylinder 51, whereby the latch retracting piston 56 is moved so as to withdraw the indexing latch 35 from the notch of the indexing plate 34 with which it was previously engaged. The indexing plate and spindle are now free to rotate and are rotated by the indexing motor. Immediately after being thus retracted, latch 35 is released and pressed by its spring 52 against the circumference of the indexing plate, and is entered in the next notch of the index plate to arrive in register with it. It may be desirable to provide a metering or throttling device in the line 292 in order to insure that the belt tension valve has exhausted before tension is applied to the in dexing pulley; but it is not essential.

At the same time that the stroke pilot valve .admits pressure to the latch retracting piston,

pressure is transmitted through pipe I93 to the right hand end of the'main circuit valve, thereby shifting its piston I53 to the left from the po-- the piston I53 is permitted until the port in the main circuit valve into which pipe 2II opens is occluded. This movement, however, is sufficient to shut off both the pipes 21 and I54, leadingto opposite ends of the cylinder I3, whereby the work spindle is caused to stand still while the indexing rotation takes place.

Advance of the latch retracting piston 53' has opened port H5! in cylinder 51, thereby putting a pipe 2 I2, which branches from pipe 291, into-con nection with pipe I59 leading to cylinder 48 which contains thelatch carrying piston 49. The port I'IB in the latter cylinder is closed by piston :was long as latch 35 rests on the circumference of the index plate, but when thelatch dropsinto a notch, port I'I9 is connected with a return line 2 I3. Thereby the pressure chamber of the cylinder I of the indexingmechanism is connected with the return line to the tank and spring I85 ispermitted to return the piston I83, and depth feed cam, to starting position. With the return of these parts, the indexing switch IilI breaks the circuit of the solenoid I and the piston I95 of the indexing control valve is returned to the position shown in Figs. 10 and l0-a, which may be called its normal position; With this shifting of piston I95, the connections to and from the main circuit valve I37 are set for shifting the piston therein to its left hand position and the work spindle is started on thefirst working stroke in a new cycle of cutting and depth feeding actions.

When the piston W5 is in the normal position herein defined, it blocks the pipes 2II, 582 and A time delay relay is connected in thecircuit of indexing switch I9! and solenoid I96 in order to permit complete exhaust of pressure fluid from the cylinder I54 before the indexing control valve piston is shifted to normal position.

The precedently described sequence of operations is repeated until all, or a prescribed number, of the teeth of the work piece have been finished, when the limit switch dog I'I2-, associated with the work spindle, causes the solenoid I28 of the shut off valve I2-'I'to be de-energized.

The details shown in the drawings and pre cedently described are not tobe construed as specific limitations of the invention. My intent has been to disclose the general principles of the invention by reference to specific embodiments with the understanding that reversals, variations, and modifications differing more or less widely from the illustrations here given may be made within the scope of the invention and appended claims. Variations of these principles, other than those prec'edently described, within my c'ontemplation, include indexing the work at the end of each stroke in each direction so as to perform cutting on different parts of the work during opposite strokes, giving the spindle more rapid return than cutting movements when cutting is performed only during alternate strokes, otherwise varying the speed of the work spindle in the courseof its cycle, providing a plurality of tools for either simultaneous or alternate action, causing one tool to cut one side of a tooth and a second tool to cut the other side of the same tooth or one side of a difierent tooth, either in the course of successive forward and return strokes or successive strokes in one direction only, etc.

What I claim is:

1. A machine for cutting and finishing gears comprising supporting means, a cylinder on said supporting means, a spindle having a piston portion fitted to reciprocate in said cylinder and having a part protruding from the cylinder adapted to carry a gear to be finished or a gear blank,

means for causing flow of working fluid to said cylinder at opposite sides of the piston alternately and exhausting the fluid, a cutter mounted in position to perform a cutting action on a work piece carried by the spindle during endwise movement of the spindle, and means for displacing the cylinder and spindle laterally back and forth in timed relation with the endwise reciprocating movements of the spindle.

2. A machine for cutting and finishing gears comprising supporting means, a cylinder on said supporting means, a spindle having a piston portion fitted to reciprocate in said cylinder and having a part protruding from the cylinder adapted to carry a gear to be finished or a gear blank,

means for causing flow of working fluid to said cylinder at opposite sides of the piston alternately and exhausting the fluid, a cutter mounted in position to perform a cutting action on a work piece carried by the spindle during endwise movement of the spindle, and means for imparting a back and forth angular movement to the spindle around its axis in the course of its endwise travel in each direction for causing the work to be cut with a crowned formation.

3. A machine for cutting and finishing gears comprising a supporting structure, a cylinder mounted thereon, a work spindle having a piston enlargement fitted to reciprocate and rotate in said cylinder, the piston having a protruding portion adapted to carry a gear to be finished or a gear blank, a pulley and a notched index plate engaged with the spindle in torque transmitting relation thereto, a latch mounted externally of the plate adapted to enter individual notches thereof normally preventing rotation of the pulley and index plate, a driving motor, a belt driven by said motor loosely embracing said pulley and adapted to slip thereon, a belt tightener adapted to exert pressure on said belt for causing it to embrace the pulley more tightly, and a hydraulic operating system, including connections for working fluid leading to the cylinder at opposite sides of the piston therein, a fluid actuated presser for holding the belt tightener clear of the belt against spring resistance tending to press the tightener against the belt, hydraulic latch retracting means, and valves controlled by the spindle in its reciprocating movements for causing admission of working fluid to opposite ends of the cylinder, and exhaust of the fluid therefrom alternately, and for releasing hydraulic pressure from the belt tightener and re tracting the indexing latch whereby to cause indexing rotation of the spindle.

4. A machine tool comprising a supporting structure, a saddle and a cutter mounted on said supporting structure, a motor cylinder on the saddle, a work spindle having a piston portion contained in said cylinder and being movable reciprocatively therein by fluid admitted to and exhausted from the cylinder alternately at opposite sides of said piston portion, the spindle having a projecting portion adapted to carry a work piece in position to be cut by said cutter during reciprocating movements of the spindle, the saddle being movable relatively to the supporting structure in directions to vary the distance from the cutter of the path in which the work piece is reciprocated, fluid actuated means bearing on the saddle in the direction of the path of movement thereof relatively to the supporting structure, and control means operative to cause admission of fluid pressure to said fluid actuated means simultaneously with admission of fluid pressure to one end of the cylinder.

5. The machine tool set forth in claim 4, including further coacting cam and contact elements, one of which is mounted on the supporting structure and the other is carried by the saddle, arranged to be held in contact by pressure exerted through said fluid actuated means.

6. The machine tool set forth in claim 4, including further coacting cam and contact elements, one of which is mounted on the supporting structure and the other is carried by the saddle, arranged to be held in contact by pressure exerted through said fluid actuated means, combined with means for shifting said cam element progressively in the course of a plurality of reciprocating movements of the work spindle, whereby to effect depth feeding movement of the work piece relatively to the cutter.

7. The machine tool set forth in claim 4, including further coacting cam and contact elements, one of which is mounted on the supporting structure and the other is carried by the saddle, arranged to be held in contact by pressure exerted through said fluid actuated means, said cam element being disposed to cause changes in the distance between the work spindle path and the cutter in opposite directions during strokes of the spindle in one direction, whereby to cause a crowned formation of the work piece.

8. In a machine tool of the character described, a supporting structure including a cylinder, 2. work spindle having a piston element contained in said cylinder and fitting reciprocably and rotatably therein, the spindle having a portion external to the cylinder adapted to carry a work piece, a pulley and a notched index plate in torque transmitting coaxial relationship with the spindle, a motor driven belt loosely surrounding said pulley, a belt tightener mounted adjacent to said belt and being movable in opposite directions to tighten and relax, respectively, the belt on the pulley, fluid pressure and spring means acting oppositely on said belt tightener, a restraining latch mounted to enter any of the notches of said index plate, spring means acting on said latch to force it toward the index plate, fluid pressure actuated means operable to retract the latch, and means controlled by the spindle in its reciprocative movements for admitting working fluid to opposite ends of said cylinder alternately and for causing actuation of the latch retracting means and shifting of said belt tightener at predetermined times in the cycle of the machine for causing indexing rotation of the spindle.

9. In a machine tool of the character described, the combination of a supporting structure, a cylinder on said supporting structure having connections at opposite ends for admission and exhaust of working fluid, a work spindle having a piston element fitting the cylinder and a protruding portion adapted to carry a work piece, a rotation transmitting element in connection with said spindle, opposed pressure actuated members arranged to exert pressure on abutting portions of said rotation transmitting element tending to rotate the same alternately in opposite directions, and control means for admitting fluid pressure alternately to opposite ends of the cylinder and at the same time to each of the last named pressure operated elements in alternation.

10. In a machine tool of the character described, the combination of a work support, a cylinder mounted thereon, a spindle having a piston portion fitting said cylinder and a protruding portion adapted to carry a work piece, means for admitting pressure fluid alternately to opposite ends of the cylinder for reciprocating the work piece, a cam element mounted for reciproeating movement in parallel with the spindle, means coacting with said cam to impart motion to said spindle, and transmission means operated by the spindle for moving the cam back and forth.

11. In a machine tool of the character described, a supporting structure, a work carriage on said supporting structure, means for moving said carriage, a saddle pivotally mounted on said carriage, a work spindle reciprocably mounted in said saddle, means for reciprocating said spindle, a stool mounted on said supporting structure with provisions for angular adjustment about a prescribed axis, a shaft rotatably supported by the stool on an axis intersecting the before named axis, a cutter carried by said shaft located in said axis of angular adjustment, and means for rotating the shaft.

12. In a machine tool of the character described, a supporting structure, a work carriage on said supporting structure, means for moving said carriage, a saddle pivotally mounted on said carriage, a work spindle reciprocably mounted in said saddle, means for reciprocating said spindle, a stool mounted on said supporting structure, with provisions for angular adjustment about a prescribed axis, a shaft rotatably supported by the stool on an axis intersecting the before named axis, a cutter carried by said shaft located in said axis of angular adjustment, a motor mounted in the stool, and transmission means be: tween the motor and shaft for rotating the shaft and cutter.

13. A machine for cutting and finishing gears, comprising a work spindle adapted to carry a gear to be finished or a gear blank, means for reciprocating said spindle axially, a formed outter having an edge complemental to tooth face curves to be formed on the work piece, said cutter being located in intersecting relation with the path of a portion of the work piece carried by the spindle and between the limits of said path, whereby to perform a cutting action on the work piece as the latter travels along said path, and a stool on which the cutter is mounted; said stool being adjustable translatively in direction such as to vary the distance of the cutter from the work spindle axis and also angularly about the axis of its path of translative adjustment and the axis of said stool intercepting the axis of said spindle, whereby to accommodate the cutter to work pieces of helical gear character, and means for rotating the spindle about its axis simultaneously with its axial reciprocating movements.

14. In a machine tool of the character described, a base, a support on said base, a saddle pivotally mounted on said support, a spindle carrier member fixed in said saddle, a spindle mounted for axial movement in said carrier member, means to reciprocate said spindle relative to said carrying member; coacting contact and cam means one of which is mounted on said support and the other of which is mounted on said saddle, means actuated by the reciprocation of said spindle for introducing relative movement between said cam means and said contact means so as to move said saddle about its pivotal mounting.

15. A machine for cutting and finishing gears comprising supportin means, a saddle mounted on said supporting means, a spindle fitted to reciprocate in said saddle and having a portion projecting therefrom adapted to carry a Work blank, means for reciprocating said spindle, guide means to control the rotative position of said spindle relative to said saddle, a cutter mounted in position to perform a cuttin action On said Work blank during endwise movement of the spindle, and means imparting a back and forth angular movement to the spindle around its axis in the course of its endwise travel for causing the work to be out with a crowned formation.

16. In a machine of the character described, a base, a carriage mounted for movement on said base, means for adjusting said carriage longitudinally, a saddle pivotally mounted on said carriage, a spindle mounted to reciprocate in said carriage, means for reciprocating said spindle, guide means to control the relative rotation between said saddle and said spindle, coacting cam and contact means extending lengthwise of said spindle, means to impart relative movement to said cam and contact means whereby said spindle and saddle are moved about the pivotal mounting of said saddle in accordance with the reciprocation of said spindle.

17. In a machine tool of the character de= scribed, the combination of a work support, a work saddle mounted thereon, a spindle mounted in said work saddle and having a protruding portion adapted to carry a Work piece thereon, means for reciprocating said spindle in said saddle, cam mechanism having an actuating element mounted for reciprocating movement in a direction parallel with said spindle, a contact member cooperating with said cam mechanism acting to impart motion to said saddle and transmission means operative in response to reciprocation of said spindle to move said actuating element.

EDWARD W. MILLER.

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